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This bridge crosses the Seine river and you can't use by car.
Le pont des arts is made of wood and steel and is a particular place for parisians and tourists since it's a place of expositions, demonstrations or simply a wonderful bridge where you can contemplate the water ...

Vertical aerial photograph taken during a 'Circus' operation by No. 2 Group aircraft, showing smoke rising from direct hits on the generating plant of the power station at Pont-a-Vendin, France, during an attack by 18 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs drawn from Nos. 18 and 139 Squadrons RAF.

The Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2143.21 m (856 m between the 2 piers). Construction began in 1988 and lasted 7 years. The bridge opened on January 20, 1995. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Established in 1880 and automated in 1964 the 108-foot tall (32.9m) Wind Point Light continues to cast its guiding beam, albeit now an airport beacon, to the waters of Lake Michigan off the coast of southeastern Wisconsin. For more informaiton: http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/windpt.htm

This picture of the bridge is very intersting because it the longest bridge of La Loire (longest river in France). Up to the bridge you can see all around you and specially the Atlantic Ocean and naval construction (Queen Mary II) of Saint-Nazaire.

The reinforced position of the city of Liege (Belgium) was a part of an extensive network of fortresses as a protection against an invasion by an enemy. It forms an arc that reaches from Comblain-au-Pont to Visé.

The defence lines around Liege stretched over a length of 60 kilometres and comprised strong ‘modern’ blockhouses (Tancremont, Battice and Aubin-Neufchâteau) and smalle...

Between 8. and 15. June 1944 the 101. Airborne Division fought the Battle of Carentan against troops of the 6. Fallschirmregiment (Parachute Regiment) and the 17. SS-Panzergrenadierdivision. Carentan was one of the key positions to take Cherbourg and the peninsula Cotentin.

Prelude
After the invasion began Allied units tried to take the bigger cities in the back coun...